henceforth, he shall walk

Here we go again.

"I realize we haven't taken up new martial arts, nor have I ever been one to set much store by appearances... But I can't help feeling a certain lack of... I don't know, personal development. I quite understand. But as you observed, the others had the more pressing need. Rest assured, our turn will come."

“The cold doesn’t let up out here, does it... They’ve the means to keep everyone warm at Camp Broken Glass and Tertium. But the measures are still only temporary. Subsisting on charity, dreading the day the sympathy of others is exhausted--it’s no way to live. They need lasting safety and security. 

Though things will never be as they once were...

If we can restore a modicum of normalcy to their lives, maybe that will be enough for them to move forward.”

“The ritual is complete, my friends. You may now breathe in the depths as you would upon land.”

It’s so quiet out here. The stars spread out before us, beckoning across time and space... ‘Dawn may banish even the darkest night,’ How bitterly beautiful, those words. I should be stronger for all my experiences, yet my heart aches more than ever. I never understood why Grandfather gave his life that day...But then I recalled Grandfather’s words to my father, years ago, before he left Sharlayan behind forever. ‘To ignore the plight of those one might conceivably save is not wisdom--it is indolence. We must all protect that which we hold most dear in the manner of our own choosing.’...We have to try, do we not?...The hopes and dreams of so many rest on your shoulders, Warrior of Light. As long as the sun rises, we can but carry on. For the sake of those we hold dear.” -  Alisaie Leveilleur

It’s funny...